The Adaptive Church: Lessons from Evolution
Whatever you may think of evolution and its place in a Christian understanding of creation, the science is clear that DNA does evolve and...
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Lost in a Crowd?
Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. Photo by Amber Case. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic...
“Can You Imagine A Church Where….”
I don’t know about you but sometimes I forget why I got into this in the first place. Sometimes I find I can lose my way and get focused...
Weak Leaders make Weak Churches?
“I don’t know why anyone would come to our church.” The pastor’s voice faltered as he tried to control his emotions. “The music is...
Confessions of a Church Drifter
I sat at the table in Starbucks across from Tara. From the start, I knew I was not in a welcoming conversation when she refused to order...
The Church in Exile
The experience of living in a Post-Christian culture is settling in as a reality for the contemporary North American church. The ongoing...
The Attributes of Strong Leadership & Tilling the Soil
Jim Collins writes that it’s not just good leadership that moves organizations or communities toward excellence, but “Level Five...
Ebb and Flow Decision Making*
Congregations within our Baptist family lean towards one of two poles while making decisions. Some elect leaders to give spiritual...
Your Church Needs More Charisma. And Maybe Less.
My research has been in the area of megachurch leadership, and I have heard two common remarks about the charismatic leader. From...
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
Some years ago a friend told me that he had asked his 16 year old daughter what she considered to be the safest place in the world. She...
Flourishing. Really?
At the outset of this research project we delineated five traits from existing literature on flourishing congregations: clear...
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